Thread: Brush box bedroom suite

great work Arron make me want to get productive again.

And also good to hear your keeping the folks at beadlock in business until I get around to buying one

Cheers Dave

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

You could use it tonight if you hang a tyre swing from a branch.



P

At least you didnt say rope. :eek: :eek:

Al

Originally Posted by davo453

great work Arron make me want to get productive again.

And also good to hear your keeping the folks at beadlock in business until I get around to buying one

Cheers Dave

I bought the Beadlock thing 6 months, I have yet to use it.
Once I got it out of the pack I thought what a load of !#$%^&*(.)(.)*&^%$#!!#$%^&*())(*&^%#$%^&*(. etc. etc.
So fiddley to set up, and not accurate.
Give me a hammer and chisel any day, and this is from a power tool head.

Al

PS Dave, do you want to buy my 3/8" Beadlock with router bit, cheap?

Oh!! Arron,
Forgot to say what a nice looking collection of Furniture.
Well done, for future reference,
I saved them in my Pic Folder

Count

Davo,

I have to admit that I cannot see the attraction of using beadlock. If you have a router, why not just rout your mortices, and prepare stock for loose tenons by using a round-over bit in the router table?

Rocker

Oh I don't know now Al, your sales technique leaves a bit to be desired maybe I'll have to reconsider.

It looked like a good system though, at least the bloke in the shop made it look easy, but don't they always.

Yes point taken Rocker, I use a mortising machine at the moment anyway, but I'm a sucker for gadgets

Dave

G'day Arron

Excellent work I don't think the chest of draws is overdone. Good solid furniture is very expensive these days. I think the chair adds a great touch

At least you didnt say rope.

Now you've really got me....I did at first, but changed it before posting 'cos I thought ....well I just thought (for a change!)


P

Hi guys. Thanks for your kind comments. I have some answers to questions posed.

the brush box is natural, it hasnt been stained.

I used AV Syntec's AV515 to glue it. It was the only product I could find that a manufacturer would recommend for brushbox. It probably bonds well, time will tell, but its pretty awful to use because it oozes out of every joint and is near impossible to clean off. I estimate that 30% of the time spent on the dresser was just cleaning off glue. Even using masking tape doesnt help much - it forces itself under the masking tape and sticks the tape to the wood!

I'm pretty fond of Beadlock - I find it very quick and gives joints that are strong and accurate. I dont like using routers as they are noisy, dusty and dangerous (just a personal opinion there). The irony though is that I still have to use a router to make the beadlock stock.

The handles came from Hafele, here in Sydney.

cheers
Arron

I'll add to the unanimity - All those pieces look great, & The drawers certainly aren't overdone.

For masking off glue, do a dry run & spread cheap furniture wax to prevent the glue soaking in. When the glue's dry, it cleans away easily with a chisel. I haven't tried it with thatparticular AVS, but so far it's worked with everything I've tried.

Fine looking pieces, Arron. Inspires me to get back to Ozz and my shed!

From Vancouver.

Originally Posted by Arron

I dont like using routers as they are noisy, dusty and dangerous (just a personal opinion there). The irony though is that I still have to use a router to make the beadlock stock.

Arron,

I have to come to the defence of the router for cutting mortices. If a router is used with a suitable jig, like this one

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...?t=5633&page=1

cutting mortices is a very safe operation. Both your hands are out of harm's way on the router handles, so it is hard to see how it could possibly injure you. The router is not much noisier than the drill press that you use for beadlock, and you should be wearing hearing protection anyway. The amount of dust that is generated by routing a mortice is minimal, and most of it falls away below the jig.

Rocker

I really like the dresser with the rail handles.
Rick